PLUNKET NURSE SOCIETY.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 187, 17 April 1915, Page 4

PLUNKET NURSE SOCIETY.

1 . . AWN UAt - : : ?m . _./vbv.i. ■ . ~,■•••■•;■ ■ ;•• •■- ■:’ ;: "■■£ :.The ;BW#s,•gerier^; , nteetl , ng;;. of -the. Society for Promotion of Health,; : -Iwf , j "Women ,dnd ‘ Children wajs held on I Thursday/ I& th at o’clock ! in the Supper Room of the Town‘Hall, the President (Mrs presiding. ..The mihuteg of general meetihg were read and Confirmed and the ; repdrt and balance eheet mepd .. The President in moving the adaption of the report said: It has been a j great pleasure to me to work with yon | oil this past year, and. I have much appreciated the loyal support given 'me by the committee and especially

our thanks are due to Mi's Arrowsmith, our secretary, who besides the work of thi s Society, has had all th© extra work entailed on her as. Mayoress In thi s very-trying and eventful •.yean I-should also like to add our thanks to Mrs McCall, for the good Work she did daring the short time she kindly acted as our secretary. Since our last annual meeting much has happened, Mrs OWham’and our secretary had a most successful .meeting and formed a sub-branch resulting .in Man* gaweka forming a committee and, becoming a branch of our centre. Utlktt also, formed a committee.

At the annual meeting of all branches of th e Society lysld in Welling ton, our branch was represented by Mrs Oldham and the secretary, .On Tuesday last Mrs Oldham, Mr g Jam.ee, Nurse Jones and I went to Hunter vllle where w e had a very representative meeting of ladles of the district, and formed a sub-branch. It is satisfactory to note that several new subscribers have joined bur branch, amongst others, being Mr» Russell, wife of the owner of Mt. View Station; who has generously promised us an annual subscription of £5 Since our last annual general meeting this appalling and dreadful war has been raging for 9 months anl has caused such terribe human suffering and loss of lif© that it behoves us to make still greater efforts to ensure that the rising generation shall be strong and healthy, to replace those that have gone. We must therefore go on working. I am pleased to be able to state that our finances are in a flourishing condition, .as disclosed by the balance ■sheet.- idj-ia :n: ■ • • Nurse Jones has done much M gbbd : work' and^yre.have, every reason to be glad that we haVfei '-tMer on’she .will.:give;.you a report of 'hier work during the.phst year; (Applause). Nurse Jones. r«a«t> her ’ report those present expressed their satisfaction.

Officers for the ensuing year were then elected: President: Mrs J. F, Studliolme (re-elected); Vice-presi-dents: Mesdames de Lautour, McCormick and Nathan. ' Committee. Me'sdames Barnett, James, Villars, Thurston, Wrightson, Jorgensen. Tim'bs, Somerville, Loughnan, Jennings, Murray, and Miss McKeown. Hon. Secretary and Treasurer: Mr s Arrowsraith. Auditor: Hr A. M. Ryan. Advisory Board: -Dts Barnett ‘And Boy&. RevF.' Catherwood and Stent, ! 'arid - Father Connolly, and Messrs'Bennett; Smithy Oldham, Arrowsmith and Studholme. ; ’ ; C' M ' GENERAL; ‘ ’V ' , A letter ' of , for non-attend-ance, was read from Mrs H. C. Hill, who promised a donation of £1 1/ in addition to her membership subscription. Mrs Studholme reported that the entertainment held that afternoon had realised the sum of £lB 5/. The only charges against which were for advertising. The announcement was received with applause. S everal speaker s congratulated the branch upon its work, the meeting-, though small, being very enthusiastic. One speaker pointing out that the smallness of the attendance was in a great measure due to the members being tired out with their exertions of the afternoon. The report and balance sheet will be issued in Monday’s paper.